This woman's dried up eyeliner hack is great for those with darker brows
It's always a sad day when a piece of your makeup family has to be laid to rest (ie, thrown away). You think back on all the wonderful times you've had together; all the nights out, first dates and interviews they got you through - but when the time comes, it has to be done.
However, if you've left the cap off your eyeliner too long and it's dried up and you're not ready to part with it just yet, beauty lover Manella has a solution - and it's particularly good if your brows are of the darker variety.
She recently posted a video on Instagram showing off a hack she learned for getting the perfect amount of pigment spread across your brows. Because the liner is dry, it doesn't create such a harsh line.
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She uses the dried out eyeliner pen to outline her brows and then brushes the ink through her brows, finishing off with a little bit of brow powder.
You can see how she does it in the video below.
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Some viewers of the video applauded her technique and said they also do the same thing as some brow products are too reddy/brown for their brows.
Would you try it? Here are a few of our top brow products, while you're here:
Multi-tasking brow gel
bareMinerals Strength & Length Serum-Infused Tinted Brow Gel, £18, Boots
Call upon this multi-tasker for both instantly fuller, more defined brows as well as thicker hair growth over time. It combines a tinted gel with a hair-boosting vegan serum, continaing Red Clover Flower plus potent peptides.
Pigmented brow gel
Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Gel, £19, Selfridges
Coming to Selfridges 8th March is Anastasia Beverly Hills first brow product launch in three years: Dipbrow Gel. Like the Dipbrow pomade, the gel has rich pigment (in 11 shades) with a strong hold, which can be brushed through brows with ease for extra fullness. If you've tried Glossier Boy Brow, it's similar, but packs more of a punch.
Microfibre brow gel
Guerlain Mad Eyes Brow Framer, £31, John Lewis
Ideal for a natural fluffed-up look, microfibres are suspended in the gel to add some oomf and volume to your natural brow shape, plus the clever rubber comb at the tip makes it easy to apply seamlessly.
Slanted brow pencil
Hourglass Arch Brow Sculpting Pencil, £29, Space NK
The slanted tip of this pencil is ideal for creating hair-like strokes, particularly if you're lacking fullness at the front or tail-end of your brows. If the price is putting you off, be rest assured it lasts for ages.
Everyday brow gel
Glossier Boy Brow, £14, Glossier
We can't think of any product - brows or otherwise - that has become a cult classic quicker than this bad boy. When it's so easy to use, so reasonably priced, and creates such perfectly un-done brows, we can see why. A makeup bag staple.
Brow powder
Bobbi Brown Brow kit, £38.00, Look Fantastic
In an age where the gel formula rules the roost, this proves a powder can brow-build with the best of them. Not only does this give a soft, natural look but it also comes with mini tweezers. Take THAT gels.
Superfine brow pencil
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz, £22, Cult Beauty
This clever tool has become a firm favourite of celebrities and beauty bloggers alike, and for good reason. The waxy, thin nib means even a novice can draw on the more convincing of brows.
Volumising brow gel
Benefit Gimme Brow gel, £20, Benefit
Award winning, market leading, game changing, and so good it keeps selling out. Buy it when you can to create volumized brows in seconds.
Dual-ended brow pencil
Maybelline Brow Satin Pencil, £6.99, Superdrug
With a pencil on one end and a powder on the other, this is super handy for touch-ups on the go. Comes in 6 shades too (which is impressive for a brow product).
Soap brows
West Barn Co Soapbrows Kit, £12, Beauty Bay
Brushed up lion mane brows are still big news for 2018, and MUA's have been turning to soap to create a lasting and dramatic effect. Simply slide your spoolie along the surface of the bar and then brush through your brows in an upwards and outwards motion.
Tinted brow serum
BBB London Brow Build Gel, £21, Look Fantastic
Wraps around brow hairs, thickening them while giving a subtle tint and brushing them into shape at the same time.
